1918 All-America college football team

The 1918 All-America college football team consists of American football players selected to the All-America college football teams selected by various organizations for the 1918 college football season.

All-Americans of 1918

Ends

Paul Robeson.

• Paul Robeson , Rutgers (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
• Bill Fincher , Georgia Tech (MS; TM-1, WC-2)
• Robert Hopper, Penn (WC-1; MS; TM-2)
• William E. Harrington, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
• Josh Weeks, Brown (WC-2)
• Joe Schwarzer, Syracuse (WC-3)
• John Tressel, Washington & Jefferson (WC-3)

Tackles

Joe Guyon.

• Pete Henry , Washington & Jefferson (College and Pro Football Hall of Fame) (WC-2; MS; TM-1)
• Leonard Hilty , Pittsburgh (WC-1; TM-2)
• Lou Usher , Syracuse (WC-1; TM-2)
• Joe Guyon , Georgia Tech (MS)
• Pard Larkin, Swarthmore (TM-1)
• John Ripple, North Carolina A&M (WC-2)
• Angus Goetz, Michigan (WC-3)
• James Neylon, Penn (WC-3)

Guards

• Doc Alexander , Syracuse (College Football Hall of Fame) (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
• Lyman Perry , Navy (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
• Jake Stahl, Pittsburgh (WC-2; TM-2)
• Alfred Neuschaefer, Rutgers (TM-2)
• Tommy Scaffe, Navy (WC-2)
• Fred Huggins, Brown (WC-3)
• Walter A. Gordon, California (WC-3)

Centers

Bum Day.

• Bum Day , Georgia Tech (WC-1)
• Jack Depler , Illinois (WC-2; MS)
• Thomas Sterck, Washington & Jefferson (TM-1)
• Sam Arthur, Navy (TM-2)
• Tim Callahan, Princeton (WC-3)

Quarterbacks

• Frank Murrey , Princeton (WC-1; MS)
• Willard Ackley, Syracuse (WC-3; TM-1)
• Bill Ingram, Navy (TM-2)
• Robb, California (WC-2)

Halfbacks

Tom Davies.

• Tom Davies , Pittsburgh (WC-1; MS; TM-1)
• Wolcott Roberts , Navy (WC-1; MS)
• Katy Easterday, Pittsburgh (TM-1)
• Buck Flowers, Georgia Tech (WC-2 [fb]; TM-2)
• Skip Gougler, Pittsburgh (TM-2)
• Frankie Frisch, Fordham (WC-2)
• Gus Eckberg, Minnesota (WC-3)
• Frank Kelley, Rutgers (WC-3)

Fullbacks

• Frank Steketee, Michigan (WC-1; TM-2)
• George McLaren , Pittsburgh (WC-2 [hb]; MS; TM-1)
• William Butler, Navy (WC-3)

Key

NCAA recognized selectors for 1918

• WC = Walter Camp ^[1] for Collier's: The National Weekly
• MS = Frank Menke Syndicate, by Frank G. Menke ^[2]

Other selectors

• TM = Robert "Tiny" Maxwell, of the Philadelphia Public Ledger ^[3]

Bold = Consensus All-American ^[4]

• 1 – First-team selection
• 2 – Second-team selection
• 3 – Third-team selection

See also

• 1918 All-Big Ten Conference football team
• 1918 All-Pacific Coast football team

References

1. "Camp's All American: Football Dean Names Three Teams from Last Season's Records" (PDF). The New York Times. December 31, 1918.
2. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia, p. 1153
3. Robert W. Maxwell (December 19, 1918). "Alexander and Ackley Placed on First All-American Team by Bob Maxwell". Syracuse Herald.
4. "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.

Further reading

• Walter Camp, "The All-America Team: Annual Review of the Football Season" with "The All-Service Team: Football Stars of Camp, Cantonment, and Station," Collier's: The National Weekly, Jan. 4, 1919, pp. 13, 32, 60, 62 and Jan. 11, 1919, pp. 8, 26.